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The University Film and Video Association is a community of makers, writers, researchers, scholars, and speakers.

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Who We Are

The University Film and Video Association (UFVA) is a not-for-profit organization and the leading association in the United States dedicated to the promotion and study of moving image practice in higher education.

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Best practices in education and pedagogical innovation

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Conferences, lectures, exhibitions and festivals with industry peers

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The production, distribution and preservation of moving images

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International and intercultural understanding and good will

2021 UFVA Conference

The 75th UFVA Conference will be held online from July 27 to July 30, 2021.

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LATEST NEWS

4June

UFVA 2021 Registration is Open!

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2021 UFVA Virtual Conference Registration is Now Open!This year our theme isEMPOWERING SPACES.We are happy to announce keynote speaker Rachel Raimist? feminist, professor, and television director. Click HERE to register! All sessions will be [...]

18May

Autumn in Voronet International Film Festival Call for Entries

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The 41st edition of "Autumn in Voronet" International Film Festival takes place in the European town of Gura Humorului, Romania, between the 6th - the 10th of October, 2021. The Festival?s program [...]

18May

Boston Film Festival Call for Entries

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The Boston Film Festival is one of America's longest-running and industry recognized events for films. The 37th program takes place in September and will showcase cutting edge indie films, top [...]

15May

UFVA 2021 Submissions End TODAY!

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UFVA 2021 Submissions Close TODAY! Proposals for papers, Pre-constituted Panels, New Media, and Workshops can be submitted through the Conference page here. Films (Screenings), Scripts, and Multi-cam/Livestreaming must be submitted through FilmFreeway.The deadline for submissions is [...]

UFVA encourages excellence in media practice and pedagogy with a number of initiatives which include grants, fellowships, awards, the Journal of Film and Video and the Annual Conference.

1947

YEAR FOUNDED

Founded in 1947 as The University Film Producers Council with eighteen members. Today UFVA membership represents 300+ institutions of higher education worldwide. UFVA encourages membership from all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, ages and identities.

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CONFERENCES HELD

The Annual Conference is a unique event of its kind, bringing together UFVA’s international membership for peer reviewed screenings, panels, workshops, papers, and presentations over a five-day period at an academic institution in the US.

$11,000

AWARDED ANNUALLY

UFVA awards $11,000 per year to students of member institutions in support of production grants and fellowships. For more information visit: Carole Fielding Production Grants and Graduate Student Fellowships.